Sunday, November 09, 2008

Schrödinger's Goose? His Cat's Scratched?

Steven Shapin's The Scientific Life: A Moral History of a Late Modern Vocation reviewed by Theodore M. Porter in American Scientist.


As well, enjoy an interview or listen to an audio clip with the author at his publisher's website, The University of Chicago Press.
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous2:28 AM

    Judith, thanks for the tip about a book I hadn't encountered. Having done science in academic, non-profit and corporate settings for the past thirty years, I've long ruminated on the issues discussed in the review.(I even went back to school at age 40 to get an MBA in order to fully understand the business perspective.) In the end, each type of science has it's own frustrations and rewards, but, most importantly, each benefits from the insights and discoveries of the others --- perhaps the unique strength of the Western way of science.

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  2. Ted9:52 AM

    This sounds good and is going on my list, thanks for making me aware of it.

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  3. Judith Fitzgerald12:05 PM

    Jeff and Ted, I'm really glad you're going to read / acquire a copy of this one (because it really does sound different in a way that, IMO, might say something eloquent to each of us, something we rather suspect already; but, it's always good to have proof we are on the right track [even if that light at the other end of the tunnel's heading straight for us]).

    If or when either of you does read it, I'd like to know if it's as good as its hpyed-up to be, SVP. (Also, I *love* the cover, FWIW :).)
    p.s. Jeff, were you in an adult-learning sitch or did you go back with "kids" when you returned to school? I ask because I'm curious, if the latter's the case, how did it feel to be thrust among frisky-newbies, as I used to call 'em; wait a minute, that's still what I call 'em; and, I love 'em, the friskier the better, especially when they're cutting my grass or shovelling the driveway; also, did returning to school at that age help you in the work you've subsequently done, IYO? Just nosey . . . Well, okay, I was thinking I'd like to return to school in a completely different area, one that has nada to do with art (which is not Art D., BTW [groan] . . . gasp!

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